Bill Marler

Accomplished personal injury lawyer, Food Safety News founder and publisher, and internationally recognized food safety expert. Bill's advocacy work has led to testimony before Congress and his blog reaches 1M+ readers annually.

Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!

Opinion I don’t watch Fox, I value my grey matter. Someone sent me Tucker’s Friday segment “asking” about the CDC warning of the risks of poultry and Salmonella.

By Bill Marler

/ 23 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have protected

2018 and 2019 were not good years for consumers of romaine lettuce grown in the fields of the southwestern United States, specifically the Yuma growing region of Arizona and the

By Bill Marler

/ 8 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have protected

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Suggestions to Expecting Moms from a Food Safety Lawyer

A few days ago, “Down Under” a.k.a. Australia, my friend, food safety guru, and for some strange reason, eater of raw shellfish, Dr. Julian Cox, was speaking about

By Bill Marler

/ 5 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Suggestions to Expecting Moms from a Food Safety Lawyer

Publisher’s Platform: How hot does a food safety lawyer cook – High! As Doug Powell says, ‘stick it in’

I was managing the barbecue last night cooking chicken breasts. Of course, before they hit the grill, I had carefully removed them from the plastic-covered tray from the store, and

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2021

Publisher’s Platform: How hot does a food safety lawyer cook – High! As Doug Powell says, ‘stick it in’

Publisher’s Platform: Pathogen information at your fingertips on our ‘bug’ sites

Opinion In 1998, Marler Clark was formed by the unlikely pairing of Bill Marler, who represented the victims in the 1993 Jack-in-the-Box E. coli Outbreak, and Bruce Clark, who defended

By Bill Marler

/ 15 Apr 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Pathogen information at your fingertips on our ‘bug’ sites

President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!

Reprinted by Bill Marler in full without permission from Tim York’s column in The Packer. Food safety attorney Bill Marler was heavily promoting his appearance a couple weeks ago

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Apr 2021

President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!

Publisher’s Platform: Killing two birds with one stone still works

Opinion This weekend I continued to work on the Parker and Jarboe E. coli cases — both linked to the consumption of tainted romaine lettuce that was caused by E. coli

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Mar 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Killing two birds with one stone still works

Publisher’s Platform: FDA and FSIS – Hey, President Biden, ask your food safety leadership to visit Makayla and Lucas

I am speaking (virtually) at the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) Conference this week: https://www.fdli.org/2021/03/2021-food-and-dietary-supplement-safety-and-regulation-conference-agenda/. My guess is that there will be a

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Mar 2021

Publisher’s Platform: FDA and FSIS – Hey, President Biden, ask your food safety leadership to visit Makayla and Lucas

Publisher’s Platform: FDA is letting more sunshine in — outbreak table available

Opinion In an increasing era of transparency, the FDA, along with its food safety partners at the CDC and FSIS, have for the last several months been listing and announcing

By Bill Marler

/ 10 Feb 2021

Publisher’s Platform: FDA is letting more sunshine in — outbreak table available

Publisher’s Platform: Is the FDA reviving the MDP without telling us?

Opinion The FDA is launching a new, temporary testing program for the romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in the Yuma, AZ, growing region. Romaine from the area has been linked

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Feb 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Is the FDA reviving the MDP without telling us?

Publisher’s Platform: They say this, the others say that, but people got sick either way

Opinion Thompson International has called out the FDA and CDC in the United States and the Canadian food safety and public health authorities in relation to a Salmonella outbreak in

By Bill Marler

/ 5 Feb 2021

Publisher’s Platform: They say this, the others say that, but people got sick either way

Publisher’s Platform: Jail Time – or at least a hefty fine – for the Tiger?

Opinion Setting aside the fact that, after tomorrow’s election, the United States may well have a non-functioning democracy and that both its civil and criminal justice system may collapse

By Bill Marler

/ 2 Nov 2020

Publisher’s Platform: Jail Time – or at least a hefty fine – for the Tiger?

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Bill Marler

Publisher’s Platform: Tucker, shut the cluck up!

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Leafy Green Industry, please don’t forget those you should have protected

Publisher’s Platform: Food Safety Suggestions to Expecting Moms from a Food Safety Lawyer

Publisher’s Platform: How hot does a food safety lawyer cook – High! As Doug Powell says, ‘stick it in’

Publisher’s Platform: Pathogen information at your fingertips on our ‘bug’ sites

President Biden, ask your FDA leadership to visit a lettuce farm!

Publisher’s Platform: Killing two birds with one stone still works

Publisher’s Platform: FDA and FSIS – Hey, President Biden, ask your food safety leadership to visit Makayla and Lucas

Publisher’s Platform: FDA is letting more sunshine in — outbreak table available

Publisher’s Platform: Is the FDA reviving the MDP without telling us?

Publisher’s Platform: They say this, the others say that, but people got sick either way

Publisher’s Platform: Jail Time – or at least a hefty fine – for the Tiger?